About Adgan Village

Adgan is a small village in Akhnoor tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 261, made up of 146 males and 115 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 788 females per 1000 males. The village covers 297.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Adgan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Adgan village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181201
Area (hectares)	297.9 hectares
Population	261
Male Population	146
Female Population	115
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	788
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Adgan compares

By the 2011 count Adgan is the 179th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 297.9 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Adgan

Adgan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Adgan as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Adgan from other places

Adgan lies about 33 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 31 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Adgan
Nearest town	Akhnūr	13 km
Nearest railway station	Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra	31 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	33 km
District headquarters	Jammu	33 km

Villages closest to Adgan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Akhnoor tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Adgan

As per the Census of India 2011, Adgan village had a population of 261. That makes it the 179th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Adgan village has 146 males and 115 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Adgan has about 788 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Adgan is 181201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Adgan covers 297.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Adgan falls under Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Adgan is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 31 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Adgan.

Adgan is about 33 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Adgan is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Akhnūr is about 13 km away. Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra is about 31 km away. Akhnoor is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.